cinco de k-o

here it is the fifth day of my silly cereal diet and i'm really enjoying it.  i will add that no cereal was consumed today.  breakfast was the protein shake, dinner was a truly delightful, if not small, almond honey protein bar.  lunch was spectacular.  i pushed pre in his stroller up the hill on grand and 3rd with the intent of going to lemonade for a nice variety of creative salads.  let me warn you, if it's a tuesday or a wednesday and you want lemonade, you'll have to go to abbot kinney because the one at moca will be closed.  "curses!" i exclaimed with a raised, clenched fist, then i headed toward mendocino farms.

at mf, i was prepared to order the one thing i've tried and quite liked, the citrus tuna sandwich.  i decided at the last minute to try something from the part of the menu labeled, "spring 2011."  i ordered a vegan sandwich called, "my vegan trip through india."  you get a choice of ciabatta i think or honey wheat tortilla.  i chose the tortilla.  wow, it was as many top chef judge would say, "a revelation."  so delicious.  the wrap isn't offered up the way many wraps are; cold and tightly swaddled in paper, no this gorgeous sandwich is carefully rolled in a less suffocating way and then set on the grill to get a little texture.  it felt like comfort food although i can't say i've ever tasted anything like it.  as far as the components on the inside, there was a chickpea spinach fluff? smear?  spread?  i don't know, but i tasted goat cheese i think and some other really fabulous things.  i enjoyed it so much it made me wonder if i'm suddenly appreciating food more because i'm eating less of it.

so far, i'm finding this a pleasant way to eat.  lunch, i've come to realize is a more important meal to me than breakfast or dinner.  i think bookending that important meal with two nutrient dense small ones is the way to go.  maybe instead of switching back and forth from this to weight watchers, i could instead slowly morph the plan into something more reasonable with something other than a protein shake and protein bar for breakfast and dinner.  something different but still on the small, nutritious side.

i'm going to get on the scale this friday to see the quantitative results to this new eating style.  already my mental state is so much better than it was a week ago.  i feel in control and on the right path.